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Butler is big into LS engines now. You don't have to have a "Pontiac" engine builder. It's nice but not necessary. The best engine I ever had built was not built by a Pontiac person but by someone who really knew what he was doing and then dynoed before released to me. That engine was raced for 4 years and has been driven so far 21 years on the street.

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Old 10-03-2023, 01:08 AM
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There’s more money in building LS engines and BBC then building Pontiac engines Only problem is finding a that good engine builder in your area. Ask Chiarelli..LOL

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Butler is big into LS engines now. You don't have to have a "Pontiac" engine builder. It's nice but not necessary. The best engine I ever had built was not built by a Pontiac person but by someone who really knew what he was doing and then dynoed before released to me. That engine was raced for 4 years and has been driven so far 21 years on the street.
About a year ago David Butler told me that they dropped the LS stuff and only do Pontiacs now.

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About a year ago David Butler told me that they dropped the LS stuff and only do Pontiacs now.

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Old 10-04-2023, 08:05 PM
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About a year ago David Butler told me that they dropped the LS stuff and only do Pontiacs now.
I guess no one told the web site people that they, "Butler", dropped LS engines:

https://butler-ls.com/

The link works just fine BTW.........

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They also occasionally still have YouTube videos of LS builds

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About a year ago David Butler told me that they dropped the LS stuff and only do Pontiacs now.
Butlers LS website is still up and running I was just looking at it a couple days ago.

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Here’s my take, I could be wrong. There’s more money in doing LS motors, only real money in a Pontiac hobby is selling rotating assembly kits. Heads etc. specially as the majority using stock blocks. The availability of stock blocks and what you have to go through to make sure it’s a good block. I had a friend call recently they told him 9 months or better before they could even consider giving him a price. They have real good video of the whole process to go through to check out a stock block. It’s very time consuming and labor intense. VS dealing with aftermarket block.

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